JAPS. IN SIBERIA.
CHARGES OF INTRIGUE. STRICT NEUTRAL-TV CLAIMED. WASHINGTON, January 5. The representatives of the Far Eastern Republic of Siberia continue to issue documents designed' to show the complicity of japan in attempts to overthrow the. Republic. In another batch published to-night Japan is charged with supporting various Russian groups' that attacked the Republic in June last. The documents for tile most part arc inconclusive, and do not connect the Japanese Government with th» operrllons. Admiral Kato has issued a statement modifying somewhat his previous denials of Japanese assistance to the Russian White forces in Siberia, He states that in 1918, when German and Austrian prisoners of war joined, the Bolshevik . forces, necessitating Allied- action in Siberia, Japan assisted General Semihoff, the Russian White leader, with material, munitions, -Sid. _ieney. This was done in full accord with the Allied policy. When the German menace ceased and the Russian generals began to quarrel, Japan withdrew her support, and decided to ebserre strict neutrality in Siberia. Thereafter phe gave no assistance to General &__>«&•>(_, _&'_& Sj*eM)
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Auckland Star, Volume LIII, Issue 4, 6 January 1922, Page 5
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